A fire broke out at an "Escape Room" game location in northern Poland on Friday, killing five teenage girls and injuring a man, authorities said. Police said the dead were found after firefighters put

White House officials and congressional staffers will continue negotiations on Saturday over the government shutdown, even after President Donald Trump declared he could keep it going for "months or even years". Trump met on

The US military has deployed soldiers to Gabon amid fears of violent protests in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo after its presidential election. US President Donald Trump told Congress on Friday that the first

There are rumours in Iran's corridors of power that Ebrahim Raisi, a former presidential candidate and custodian of the Islamic Republic's holiest shrine Imam Reza, would replace Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani as head of

BEIRUT: Businesses and public-sector agencies in Lebanon staged a strike on Friday amid growing anger over a fragile economy crippled by an eight-month delay in forming a government. Beirut’s port was closed, along with

LONDON: The Iranian navy will send warships to deploy in the Atlantic from March, a top commander said on Friday, as the Islamic Republic seeks to increase the operating range of its naval forces

Archaeologists in Mexico have found what is believed to be the first temple dedicated to a pre-Hispanic deity known as Xipe Totec, a god of fertility, war and agricultural cycles, who was worshipped with

The extent to which social media has embedded itself into the daily lives of people cannot be understated. A UK study has looked specifically at how teenagers are affected, and the differences between how

Personal data and documents from hundreds of German politicians and public figures have been published online, the country's government said on Friday, adding that no sensitive material from Chancellor Angela Merkel's office was released.

Buddhist Rakhine fighters have killed 13 policemen and injured nine in attacks on police posts in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine State, the official news agency said.  The official Myanmar News Agency said four police posts